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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Uncredited/AP/Shutterstock (10421309a) This Jan. 12, 2019, photo captured by a Mobile Phone Detection Camera and released by Transport for NSW shows a driver using a mobile phone while driving in Australia. Australian state New South Wales is attempting to persuade the public to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists. New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance said, Australia's most populous state was the first jurisdiction in the world to use such technology to punish drivers distracted by social media, text messages or phone calls. The government intends to roll out 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December, he said Australia Distracted Drivers - 23 Sep 2019

Australia’s AI cameras catch over 270,000 drivers using their phones

8 December 2021

The proportion of drivers in New South Wales illegally using their mobile phones has dropped fivefold since AI cameras began catching offenders
Football teams secretly using AI to predict injuries before they occur

Football teams secretly using AI to predict injuries before they occur

3 August 2018

A machine learning algorithm that predicts 60 per cent of football injuries is secretly being used by three top European teams to work out when to rest their players

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